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Dolly Parton Fans Fume Over ‘Humiliating’ Oprah Winfrey Interview

Dolly Parton fans have reportedly kicked off over a 'humiliating' Oprah Winfrey interview from a resurfaced clip. 
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Dolly Parton fans are reportedly fuming over a ‘humiliating’ Oprah Winfrey interview that has resurfaced online. 

Back in 2012, the country singer was interviewed by the American TV host about her tribute album ‘Just Because I’m A Woman’.

Many are now arguing that Winfrey tried to embarrass Parton by bringing up her history of plastic surgery.

Watch the moment Oprah Winfrey asks Dolly Parton the ‘humiliating’ question in the clip below…

In the interview, the presenter is heard saying: “How are you defying age, Dolly? Whatcha doing?”

But in good old Dolly fashion, the singer quipped: “Oh, I don’t know. I’m a cartoon so I just look the same all the time!”

While the audience laughed at her answer, Winfrey persisted and said: “No, but you’ve been open you’ve had some work. Some tucks and pulls and sucks?”

“Yes, I have,” Parton confirmed. “And I’ll have some more when I need them too!”

The now 75-year-old then pointed towards Shania Twain, who was also being interviewed, and said: “I have a funny thing I was telling the girls, all the girls that are singing on the tribute album, a lot of them are very young. I was already into plastic surgery when they were still sleeping on plastic sheets!”

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When the resurfaced clip was shared on Twitter, it was captioned: “I feel like Oprah wanted her to be embarrassed but Ms Dolly said ‘nope’.”

One person tweeted: “It was the little glance Oprah gave to the camera as she asked. I don’t know if she was upset or not, but was surprised that Dolly was basically like ‘And what?’.”

Another added: “She [Winfrey] looked so upset when she wasn’t unable to make her feel shame.”

However, some people tried to defend the presenter and insisted she wasn’t being ‘malicious’.

“Oprah wasn’t trying to embarrass her,” a third said. “Dolly is very open about all the work she’s had done, and jokes about it all the time.”

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Written by Aimee Walker

Aimee is a senior content editor at IGV who specialises in finding the best original stories, trending topics and entertainment news. She graduated from Birmingham City University with a degree in Media and Communications.